I’ve definitely turned into the paranoid nutcase within my friend group in recent years, I hate that everything is “smart” nowadays requiring an app/internet connection & account, just to do basic things that didn’t require any of that before.

What’s some things currently making you ramble like an old man?

  • Wooshock@lemmy.world
    74·
    1 year ago

    Temu, Shein, Alibaba and even Amazon are full of unsafe products not manufactured under sufficient quality standards.

    Recently we bought some plates for a party that had gold metallic polka dots on them. I was able to use a plastic fork to scrape off these polka dots. People were eating cake off these plates. The metallic paint was going into people’s mouths.

    Also, many of these products are only designed to last for a short time before they break, so we are literally filling landfills with this plastic junk we get sent over to us from China by the shipping container load.

      • dan@upvote.au
        71·
        1 year ago

        Some of the Chinese stuff is good, particularly if you get a name brand (Aqara, Sengled, Sonoff, etc). I’ve got a bunch of Sengled smart plugs and they all have proper ETL listing. A lot of US-based brands are manufactured In China too. It’s just hard to separate the good from the bad sometimes though :/

    • Phoebe@feddit.de
      51·
      1 year ago

      Yes. I search a good figdet toy, but all i find online is either shitty or mega expensiv. There is like no way of finding these things in local stores.

    • eatthecake@lemmy.world
      41·
      1 year ago

      Why would you buy anything from these places and not expect garbage? What bothers me is people continuing to buy plastic crap then blaming the corporations for environmental issues. Just stop buying shit.

      • braxy29@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        at this point, i’m not sure where to buy most things and not get garbage. every online platform is trying to emulate amazon and become a “marketplace” filled with unvetted cheap shit; stores often have little stock and no one with expertise.

        i need a lamp for my office. where do i buy something i can ensure is safe and well made? i have no idea.

        i realize this is a small concern relative to the larger failures of capitalism, but free market competition isn’t even successful at providing basic goods and services.